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Blackboard’s new look for 2026!

December 10, 2025 Kevin Harris News, Resources, Teaching, Technology Trends, Web Tools

On January 8, 2026, a few areas of Blackboard will receive a visual refresh. These changes will be part of the Blackboard January update and

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What’s New in Blackboard – Fall 2025

August 22, 2025 Kevin Harris News, Technology Trends, Web Tools

Blackboard released several updates over the past few months aimed at improving teaching and learning. Below we’ve outlined the most significant updates. Additional information can

Spring 2024 Blackboard Ultra Course View support

December 21, 2023 Stephanie Richter News, Technology Trends

We are finally at the finish line – all Blackboard courses will use the Ultra Course View this semester! Don’t worry, though, because your courses

What’s new in the Blackboard Ultra Course View for spring 2023?

January 5, 2023 Stephanie Richter News

There were 24 new features released for the Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View in the last three updates (November and December 2022, January 2023)! Here

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What’s new in the Blackboard Ultra Course View for fall 2022?

August 24, 2022 Stephanie Richter News

This summer, Blackboard introduced 28 new features for the Ultra Course View! Here are a few highlights, or check out What’s New in Blackboard Ultra?

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Blackboard Ultra Transition Academy

March 31, 2022 CITL Best Practices, News, Resources, Teaching, Technology Trends, Tips, Web Tools, Workshops

As NIU moves forward with our transition to Ultra Course View, CITL is increasing our support to help faculty prepare. While we have provided a long

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Coming soon to Blackboard!

March 23, 2022 Amanda Hirsch News, Teaching, Technology Trends, Web Tools

Blackboard has tripled their development team, so the rate of new features is accelerating rapidly! Many exciting features and updates are coming soon to Blackboard

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Things you didn’t know Blackboard could do

February 23, 2022 Amanda Hirsch Resources, Teaching, Technology Trends, Tips, Web Tools

Blackboard has many features that can help you enrich your students’ learning experience and improve your teaching experience, but you may not know they are